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Restored Synagogue Opens in Trikala, Greece

Members of Jewish communities from all over the world attended the grand opening of the renovated synagogue in Trikala, Greece this week. The celebration at the Kahal Kadosh Yavanim synagogue, which was destroyed in 1930, began last Friday when the...

Five Dead in Vienna Terrorist Attack

Austrian police are searching for at least one suspect after a multiple gun attack in the capital, Vienna which left five people dead. About a dozen other people have been wounded - some seriously - after gunmen opened fire at...

Newly-Renovated Greek Synagogue Defaced with Anti-Semitic Graffiti

A newly-renovated historic synagogue in the town of Trikala in central Greece was vandalized on Tuesday by someone who painted anti-semitic slogans on an outside wall. The words “Jewish Snakes Out” were among the slogans painted with a brush on...

Campaign to Save Rare Synagogue Mosaics on Aegina Island, Greece

Mosaics under an ancient synagogue from the 4th century BC, with geometrical patterns and two Greek inscriptions, were discovered on Greece's Aegina Island in the nineteenth century. This major find by German archaeologist Ludwig Ross in 1829 represented an important landmark...